The #1 Mistake Creators Make
By Bryan Ward, Husband, Father of 4, Inc. 500 Entrepreneur, and Founder of Third Way Man
Remember when they watched in rapt attention as you shared your gift?
The woman who hung on every word or note or brush stroke as though it were the work of a god?
Remember how your chest swelled and your back straightened... your heart in your mouth...
Your brilliance at last ratified?
Due in large part to these moments, you prepared to pour.
But then came the other one.
The man who yawned in boredom when you spoke those very same words, played those same notes, painted those same brush strokes...
The woman whose eyes glazed over as you poured out your great gift.
You felt the lurch in your heart.
You teetered for a moment on the rim.
And then you made your great mistake.
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The dilettante comes to an audience with terror, for his ultimate question will always be "is my work good?"
The true creator comes to an audience with impatience, for his ultimate question is "do you shitheads get it or will I be moving on?"
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You look at the world and see 7 billion judges, all vested with the power to denounce your work.
So no wonder you unveil your gift but rarely, and dilute it at every turn: by your delusional framework, all it takes is one damning pronouncement for your work to be proven a fraud, and you an imposter.
The highest act a creator can do is steal back the gavel.
No listener can damn you.
No reader can find you a fraud.
All they can do is reveal, through their love or disdain, their own self-selection.
So stop cowering in the dark, awaiting some stranger's denouncement.
Stop twisting your work to please the masses.
Let loose your wildest sparks, and let come what may:
Treat your work as the lighting rod that gathers the ones who get it, so you can stop fucking around with the 99.9% who don't.
If you're ready to liberate your work from the poison of judgement...
If you're ready to unleash...
Here's how to create without fear
